Safety clothes-wringer.



N. B. HUTTON. SAFETY CLOTHES WRINGER. APPLICATION FILED MAY I4, 1914.

Patented May 11, 1915.

3 Iwawcoi NATHAN B. HUTTON', OF BARNESVILLE, OHIO.

SAFETY CLOTHES-WRINGER.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN B. HUT'roN,

a citizen of the, United Stated, and residing at Barnesville, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Safety Clothes-wringer, of which the following specication is a full disclosure.

My invention relates to an improvement in a clothes wringer. l

The object of the invention is to provide a safety break bar mechanism for separating the rolls instantly in case the hand of the operator becomes accidentally caught between the rolls.

I am not the first to propose or devise such a safety provision, but my invention resides somewhat in the detail of the structure, providing a simple mechanism, breaking in a vertical plane, and instantaneously relieving the roll tension simultaneously at each end.

The features of the invention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation showing'the normal position. Fig. 2 shows the position of parts at the moment of break, that is, the beginning of the emergency relieving movement.

The side pieces 1, 2, and bottom cross-bar 3, are as usual, the geared wringer rolls 4, 5, having bearings in pieces l, 2, the upper roll 5 being held in vertical slots by tension springs 6 in the side pieces 1, 2. A tension bar 7 rests on lthe top of said springs to equalize the roll tension. Pieces 1., 2, have pins 8 at their upper ends fitting 1n slots 9 of the top break bar 10, the set screws 11 in bar 10 engaging downwardly against. the opposite ends of tension bar 7, for adjusting the roll tension. The break bar comprises the members 12, 13, the meeting ends having brackets 14, 15, pivotally secured by pivot 16 on the under side of bar 10, the joint being in a vertical plane medial of said bar. The upper portions of said brackets 14, 15 are formed with meeting lugs 17, 18, forming when together a lock detent, the pivoted spring unitary latch 19 having an indent 20, into which the detent projects, as shownin Fig. 1, when the bar is in normal position. In case of an'accident, a touch on knob 21, unlatches the joint and the meetlng ends of the members 12, 18, fly upward under the influence of the springs 6, thecslot Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Appiicatidn med may 14, 1914. serial No, 838,566.

and pin connection at the ends permitting of this movement. The break is in a vertical plane and. midway between the side pieces 1, 2, so that the roll tension is instantaneously and simultaneously released.

When the joint'is broken, see Fig. 2, the upper roll will rise as bar 7 lifts member 10, the downwardly inclined open end slots permitting said member to slide endwise ott of pins 8, as the joint is now ieXible and the member urged upwardly by the spring pressure, thus completely releasing the inner roll. When the sections of member 10 are latched into alinement, the rolls are held together under tension.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a clothes wringer, a frame, tension controlled rolls therein separable when theV tension is released, a transversely breakable tension applying bar and an emergency release for breaking the bar.

2. In a clothes wringer, a frame, tension controlled rolls therein, separable when the tension is released, a transversely breakable tension applying bar, means for adjusting the roll tension when said bar is in normal position, and an emergency release for breaking the bar.

3. In a clothes wringer, side pieces, wringer rolls mounted therein and separably held under spring tension, a top cross-bar `formed of two pieces hinged together at their meeting ends enabling the meeting ends to move vertically, a snap-latch to normally hold said pieces rigidly in alinement, pin and slot connection between the side pieces and the outer ends of said cross bar pieces, and means whereby the roll tension is controlled by said cross bar when in normal position.

4. In a clothes wringer, side pieces, wringer rolls mounted therein and separably held under spring tension, a top cross-bar comprising two pieces meeting and separating in a vertical plane, brackets on said meeting ends pivoted on the under side, lugs on the upper portions of said brackets constituting a locking detent when the joint is closed, a snap latch on one of said brackets for locking and releasing said lugs, kpin and slotconnection between the outer ends i of said cross-bar, and said side pieces,;and

by said cross-bar wheninnormall lition. Y. 5. In a clothes wringer, sidefapieees,

leases them upon unlatching said breakable bar.

n witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my naine, as attested by the two subscribing Witnesses.

NATHAN B. HUTTON.

Witnesses:

EMMA SPENER, L. A. BECK, 

